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    West Creek Reservation Will Test First In The Nation Sustainable Landscape Rating System

    News & Press | May 2010

    West Creek Reservation Will Test First In The Nation Sustainable Landscape Rating System

    Posted: May 25, 2010
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    FOR IMMEDIATE
    RELEASE:                                          



    MAY 25, 2010

     

    FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:

    JANE CHRISTYSON, CLEVELAND METROPARKS

    216-635-3200, EXT. 3229

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    The Sustainable Sites Initiative� (SITES�) announced the selection
    of Cleveland Metroparks West Creek Reservation as one of the first
    landscapes to participate in a new program testing the nation's
    first rating system for green landscape design, construction and
    maintenance.

     



    West Creek Reservation will join 174 other pilot projects from
    34 states, as well as from Canada, Iceland and Spain as part of an
    international pilot project program to evaluate the new SITES
    rating system for sustainable landscapes, with and without
    buildings.  Sustainable landscapes can clean water, reduce
    pollution and restore habitats, while providing significant
    economic and social benefits to land owners and municipalities.



     



    SITES, a partnership of the American Society of Landscape
    Architects, the LadyBirdJohnsonWildflowerCenter at The University
    of Texas at Austin and the United StatesBotanic Garden, selected
    West Creek Reservation in Cleveland Metroparks based on its
    extensive environmentally-friendly elements. These sustainable
    practices include: restoring a former landfill as a park meadow,
    managing rainwater on site, utilizing storm water management
    features as landscape amenities, use of native plants, utilization
    of sustainable building materials, providing social spaces within
    building and site design, and the integration of long-term
    monitoring and assessment of sustainable practices.



     



    West Creek Reservation joins the Flight 93 National Memorial,
    the Smithsonian Institution's African American History &
    Culture Museum and other projects that include academic and
    corporate campuses, public parks with hundreds of acres,
    transportation corridors, and private residences of less than one
    acre.



     



    West Creek Reservation was designed by a multi-discipline team
    lead by landscape architects and engineers Floyd Browne Group with
    Doty & Miller Architects and Domokur Architects. The 278-acre
    site was developed as an educational and outdoor recreational area
    with the themes of watershed stewardship and sustainable land
    management. Like the other pilot projects, the site will test the
    point system for achieving different levels of site sustainability
    on a 250-point scale, and the performance benchmarks associated
    with specific credits within the Guidelines and Performance
    Benchmarks 2009. The site's other sustainability features include
    invasive plant management, minimization of soil disturbance and
    restoration of previously disturbed areas, maintenance of the site
    for long-term sustainability, and interpretive
    exhibits.  



     

    SITES will use feedback from this and the other selected projects
    during the pilot phase, which runs through June 2012, to revise the
    final rating system and reference guide by early 2013. The U.S.
    Green Building Council, a stakeholder in the Sustainable Sites
    Initiative, anticipates incorporating the guidelines and
    performance benchmarks into future iterations of its LEED� Green
    Building Rating System�.



     



    More information is available at: www.sustainablesites.org. For
    general media queries about SITES, go to: "http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103434943202&s=0&e=001-iQ9bMun4NdMHqPoSJg_2qzymvONcBthmXCgb3QzLPfh3YHqHnwVZiJCwgXH5lOI8KyxFxmGHWIVDiOWQROuurNkA-jh2nGy-TTpjzKt1BeKyxlGELXUfZU3mLxEtra8">
    http://www.sustainablesites.org/news
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    The Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) is an interdisciplinary
    partnership led by the American Society of Landscape Architects,
    the LadyBirdJohnsonWildflowerCenter at The University of Texas at
    Austin and the United StatesBotanic Garden to transform land
    development and management practices with the nation's first
    voluntary rating system for sustainable landscapes, with or without
    buildings.  As these guidelines become the accepted practices
    by professionals and nonprofessionals alike, they will transform
    the ways we design and build on the land, creating landscapes that
    nourish life for generations to come. For more information, visit
    www.sustainablesites.org.



     



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